"Mike Holmes, 59, started watching "Heated Rivalry" because of the sex. "The first two episodes are the spiciest and, of course, that's fun to watch," he told The 19th. The gay hockey romance has become an unexpected international cultural sensation. The two leads were even chosen to carry the Olympic Torch for one leg of the relay ahead of the Winter Games, which begin Friday in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina."
"When actor François Arnaud's character, professional hockey player Scott Hunter, came out in an arena full of fans, Holmes was transported back to the terrifying moments before he came out to his own friends and family. "The actor seems to be gulping air. I could viscerally feel that and flashed back to coming out to important people," he said. "The first couple of times you come out, there's such a sense of panic.""
Mike Holmes, 59, began watching Heated Rivalry drawn initially to its sexual content and found the opening episodes especially titillating. A coming-out scene in a packed arena, featuring François Arnaud's character Scott Hunter, triggered vivid memories of Holmes's own early, panic-filled experiences of coming out. Holmes is a university administrator living in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and has been married to his husband for more than two decades. The series has become an international cultural sensation, with its leads chosen to carry the Olympic Torch. The show is set in the late 2010s and highlights the difficulty of coming out in hypermasculine hockey culture.
Read at Advocate.com
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